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Only Two Spacecraft Have Breached The Solar System’s Edge – Now We're About To Find Out Its True ShapeThe IMAP spacecraft as imagined by an artist, it appears as a flat wide cylinder with instruments around its side, and a boom extending like a tail.

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Only Two Spacecraft Have Breached The Solar System’s Edge – Now We're About To Find Out Its True ShapeThe IMAP spacecraft as imagined by an artist, it appears as a flat wide cylinder with instruments around its side, and a boom extending like a tail.
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Only Two Spacecraft Have Breached The Solar System’s Edge – Now We're About To Find Out Its True Shape

clock-iconJanuary 30, 2026
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On November 13, 2026, Voyager Will Reach One Full Light-Day Away From EarthPale Blue Dot: The most distant image we have of Earth.

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On November 13, 2026, Voyager Will Reach One Full Light-Day Away From EarthPale Blue Dot: The most distant image we have of Earth.
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On November 13, 2026, Voyager Will Reach One Full Light-Day Away From Earth

clock-iconNovember 4, 2025
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Voyager Will Reach A Hypothetical Region In 300 Years – And Will Take 30,000 Years To Go Through ItThe Voyager spacecraft in space (artist depiction).

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Voyager Will Reach A Hypothetical Region In 300 Years – And Will Take 30,000 Years To Go Through ItThe Voyager spacecraft in space (artist depiction).
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Voyager Will Reach A Hypothetical Region In 300 Years – And Will Take 30,000 Years To Go Through It

clock-iconAugust 5, 2025
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NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Found A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin "Wall" At The Edge Of Our Solar SystemVoyager in space (artist concept).

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NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Found A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin "Wall" At The Edge Of Our Solar SystemVoyager in space (artist concept).
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NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Found A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin "Wall" At The Edge Of Our Solar System

clock-iconJune 11, 2025
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Deep Sea Beryllium Spike Shows Something Big Happened 10 Million Years Ago, But What?deep ocean water with sun ripples on the seabed and bubbles

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Deep Sea Beryllium Spike Shows Something Big Happened 10 Million Years Ago, But What?deep ocean water with sun ripples on the seabed and bubbles
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Deep Sea Beryllium Spike Shows Something Big Happened 10 Million Years Ago, But What?

clock-iconFebruary 11, 2025
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The Earth Is Technically Inside The Sun's Atmosphere, But That Might Not Be The Case ForeverHeliosphere

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The Earth Is Technically Inside The Sun's Atmosphere, But That Might Not Be The Case ForeverHeliosphere
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The Earth Is Technically Inside The Sun's Atmosphere, But That Might Not Be The Case Forever

clock-iconDecember 6, 2024
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Clouds Of Interstellar Gas Might Have Changed Our Planet 7 Million Years Agoartist impression show the heliosphere as a bubble with a round edge and a long tail with the sun at its center. Ahead of it a large cloud looms

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Clouds Of Interstellar Gas Might Have Changed Our Planet 7 Million Years Agoartist impression show the heliosphere as a bubble with a round edge and a long tail with the sun at its center. Ahead of it a large cloud looms
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Clouds Of Interstellar Gas Might Have Changed Our Planet 7 Million Years Ago

clock-iconSeptember 25, 2024
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Earth's Past Ice Ages Could Have Been Triggered By Our Movement Through The Galaxyheliosphere

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Earth's Past Ice Ages Could Have Been Triggered By Our Movement Through The Galaxyheliosphere
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Earth's Past Ice Ages Could Have Been Triggered By Our Movement Through The Galaxy

clock-iconAugust 28, 2024
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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled EarthA graphic showing the heliosphere around the Solar System.

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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled EarthA graphic showing the heliosphere around the Solar System.
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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled Earth

clock-iconJune 14, 2024
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This Is The Best Way To Escape The Solar System And Get To Interstellar SpaceA schematic view of the heliosphere and how far the prove will go compared to the voyagers, as explained in the article.

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This Is The Best Way To Escape The Solar System And Get To Interstellar SpaceA schematic view of the heliosphere and how far the prove will go compared to the voyagers, as explained in the article.
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This Is The Best Way To Escape The Solar System And Get To Interstellar Space

clock-iconApril 1, 2024
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Something Strange And Unexpected Is Happening At The Edge Of Interstellar SpaceArtist impression of interstellar space interacting with the heliopause (blue) and termination shock (red). Image Credit: NASA

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Something Strange And Unexpected Is Happening At The Edge Of Interstellar SpaceArtist impression of interstellar space interacting with the heliopause (blue) and termination shock (red). Image Credit: NASA
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Something Strange And Unexpected Is Happening At The Edge Of Interstellar Space

clock-iconOctober 13, 2022
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Boundary Between The Heliosphere And Interstellar Space Has Been Mapped For The First Timearticle image

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Boundary Between The Heliosphere And Interstellar Space Has Been Mapped For The First Timearticle image
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Boundary Between The Heliosphere And Interstellar Space Has Been Mapped For The First Time

clock-iconJune 15, 2021
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The Solar System Is Shaped Like A “Deflated Croissant," Suggests NASA Dataarticle image

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The Solar System Is Shaped Like A “Deflated Croissant," Suggests NASA Dataarticle image
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The Solar System Is Shaped Like A “Deflated Croissant," Suggests NASA Data

clock-iconAugust 6, 2020
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Cassini Reveals We Live In A Smaller Bubble Than We Thoughtarticle image

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Cassini Reveals We Live In A Smaller Bubble Than We Thoughtarticle image
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Cassini Reveals We Live In A Smaller Bubble Than We Thought

clock-iconApril 25, 2017